What Sign Is the Moon in Today? How to Check the Exact Time
The Moon changes zodiac sign about every two to two and a half days, so the answer to "what sign is the Moon in today" is either one sign for the whole day or two signs with a change at a specific minute. To know which, you need the moon ingress time: the moment the Moon enters the next sign, shown in your own time zone.
Why the moon sign changes so often
The Moon circles the zodiac in about 27.3 days and moves roughly 13 degrees a day. Each sign is 30 degrees wide, so the Moon spends about 2.3 days in each one on average, and about 13 sign changes happen every month. That is why the moon sign is different from the sun sign you know from your birthday, which changes only once a month.
What a moon ingress is
An ingress is the moment the Moon crosses from one sign into the next, for example from Leo into Virgo. It happens at one instant for everyone on Earth. Only the clock reading changes with the time zone: an ingress at 08:27 UTC is 5:27 PM in Seoul and 3:27 AM in New York.
How to read today
- No change today: the Moon is in one sign from midnight to midnight.
- Change today: the Moon is in the first sign until the ingress time, then in the next sign.
- Change near midnight: in one time zone it falls today, in another it falls tomorrow. Always check the time in your own zone.
The element and mode of today's sign
Each sign has an element (fire, earth, air, water) and a mode (cardinal, fixed, mutable). Moon in Leo is fire and fixed; Moon in Virgo is earth and mutable. Many people who plan rituals or their week by the Moon use these as a quick summary of the day's tone.
New moon in, full moon in
New moons and full moons also fall in a sign. Because the Sun and Moon are opposite at a full moon, a full moon always falls in the sign opposite the Sun. A full moon in Gemini, for example, happens while the Sun is in Sagittarius.
Check it in seconds
Signtide's Today screen shows a 12-sign dial with the Moon's spot, "Moon in Leo until 5:27 PM, next Virgo" and a countdown, all in your phone's time zone. The calendar shows the Moon's sign for every day of the month, both signs on change days, and the exact ingress time when you tap a day. It needs no location: the ingress moment is the same everywhere.
Moon sign times are astronomical calculations. What a sign is said to mean for your day comes from astrology, a tradition for reflection, not a scientific prediction.
FAQ
How long does the Moon stay in one sign?
About two to two and a half days, 2.3 days on average. The Moon moves faster at some points of its orbit, so a stay can be a little shorter or longer.
Why do two websites show different moon signs for today?
On a change day, the answer depends on the hour and the time zone. One site may show the sign at midnight UTC, another the sign at noon in its own zone. The exact ingress time, converted to your time zone, settles it.
Is there an app that shows the time the moon changes sign?
Signtide shows the Moon's current sign with a countdown to the exact minute it enters the next sign, in your phone's time zone, and a calendar with the change time for every day.